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on BBC Scotland. This one-hour special looks back at the highlights of the four-part series which has just finished its run on the BBC Scotland Channel and is now available in its entirety on iPlayer. It follows multi-award-winning singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé as she travels across Scotland searching for the cream of the crop among our nation’s street buskers. After hearing dozens of acts in Aberdeen, Perth, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, she narrows her choice down to six acts to join her in an uplifting concert with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and world-class orchestral conductor John Logan. Each of the acts has to hone their performance to perfection as they prepare for the concert finale at the City Halls in Edinburgh. Emeli Sandé’s Street Symphony is a BBC Scotland Music, Entertainment & Events Production for BBC Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/scotland Belladrum: 11.50pm on BBC ALBA. C MacLEOD performs 'Kicks' at the 2017 Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival. www.bbcalba.co.uk THURSDAY 17 OCTOBER
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Mod19: 1.30-5pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald presents live coverage of the choral competitions from Independent Alternative digital radio, the Royal National Mòd being held in Glasgow. The broadcasting live from the upstairs of LP main competitions from the Royal Concert Hall will Records in Glasgow, listen online @ feature rural choirs battling to win the Lorn Shield and www.lpradio.co.uk/listen the Sheriff MacMaster Campbell Memorial Quaich. Last year Melvich Gaelic Choir won the Lorn Shield while --------------------------------------Bùrach picked up the Sheriff MacMaster Campbell Memorial Quaich. Along with Cathy to offer WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER assessments on both competitions will be two analysts with a keen interest in, and knowledge of, choral The Afternoon Show: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Tune into what is happening in music, arts and culture music. The programme will also feature the winners of the Grampian Television Trophy and the best Puirt-afrom across Scotland. beul rural choir. Cathy MacDonald presents live www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland competitions with rural choirs at the 2019 Mod in Mod19: 5pm on BBC ALBA. Highlights from the 2019 Glasgow. www.bbcalba.co.uk Children's Mod. www.bbcalba.co.uk The Afternoon Show: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Mod19: 6pm on BBC ALBA. Highlights from the 2019 Tune into what is happening in music, arts and culture from across Scotland. Children's Mod. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Get It On... With Bryan Burnett: 6.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Essential music chosen by listeners. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Get It On... With Bryan Burnett: 6.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Essential music chosen by listeners. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Mod19: 7.30pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald presents live coverage of the Gold Medal final at the 2019 Mod in Glasgow. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Mod19: 7.30pm on BBC ALBA. The Gold Medal finals at the 2019 Mod in Glasgow. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Travelling Folk: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Bruce McGregor brings you the very best of folk and roots music from around the world. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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Mod19: 9.10-10pm on BBC ALBA. Live coverage from the Royal National Mod in Glasgow, Cathy MacDonald presents the Comunn Gàidhealach Gold Medal competition for singing. Along with Cathy at the Royal Concert Hall providing analysis of this prestigious competition will be well-known South Uist singer Gillebride MacMillan, who is himself a former Mod Gold Medallist from the Perth Mod of 2004. Also featured on the show will be the winners of the Silver Pendant for adult learners. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Quay Sessions: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Roddy Hart celebrates the art of songwriting with sets from an array of lyrical poets. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Mod19: 9.10-10pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald presents live coverage of the Traditional Gold Medal competition for singing, from the Royal National Mod in Glasgow. Joining Cathy at the Royal Concert Hall will be Gaelic broadcaster Morag MacDonald and the traditional singer and winner of the competition in 1995, Angus Macleod from Inverness. Throughout the evening they will offer their own assessments of the singers’ performances and also a reaction when the winners are announced. Also featured on the show will be the successful rural choirs from competitions held earlier in the day. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Emeli Sandé’s Street Symphony: 10.35-11.35pm
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Natasha Raskin Sharp: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. An eclectic mix of music from Natasha. Seirm: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Mary Ann Kennedy www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland presents JARLATH HENDERSON and LAU. www.bbcalba.co.uk Belladrum: 11.50pm on BBC ALBA. RYAN McMULLAN performs 'Letting Go For A Little Mod19: 10-11.30pm on BBC ALBA. The While' at the 2018 Belladrum Tartan Heart coverage from the Royal National Mod in Festival. Glasgow comes to a close as Cathy MacDonald www.bbcalba.co.uk presents performances from the choral competitions held over the last few days. FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER Amongst the winning performances featured will be songs from the choirs who lifted the main Mod19: 1.30-5pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy prizes for the Area Choirs, primarily the Lovat MacDonald presents live coverage of the choral and Tullibardine Shield, the Margrat Duncan competitions from the last day of the Royal Memorial Trophy and the Esme Smyth Trophy. National Mòd in Glasgow. The main competition Also featured will be a selection of the winners will feature choirs from the Royal Concert Hall from the rural choirs including those who lifted battling to win the Lovat and Tullibardine Shield the Lorn Shield, the Sheriff MacMaster Campbell which was won last year for the second time in Memorial Quaich as well as the Puirt-a-beul their history by Lothian Gaelic Choir. But will winners. Successful choirs from the 2019 Mod in they be able to retain the shield this year? Glasgow. Joining Cathy to offer analysis on the ‘L+T’ and www.bbcalba.co.uk also the competition for the Margrat Duncan Memorial Trophy will be music teacher and Ashley Storrie: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. conductor Lisa MacNeil who lives and works on New and classic Scottish music, soul rockabilly, Barra and the Reverend Donald M MacInnes, pop and indie from around the world. who has an in-depth knowledge of choral www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland singing. The programme will also feature the winners of the Esme Smyth Trophy and the Mull SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER and Iona Shield. Live competitions featuring area choirs at the 2019 Mod in Glasgow. Take The Floor: 7pm on BBC Radio Scotland. www.bbcalba.co.uk For the very best in traditional music and song join Gary Innes. Out for the Weekend: 8pm on BBC Radio www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Scotland. Weekend ideas and intriguing events across Scotland. Seirm: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Mary Ann Kennedy www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland with music from Celtic Connections.
www.bbcalba.co.uk Pipeline: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. The definitive pipe music programme, featuring news and recordings from the piping world. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Mod19: 10pm on BBC ALBA. Fiona MacKenzie and Lana Beaton bring us a flavour of the Mod 2019 in this upbeat music and chat show. Lana meets some of this year’s Mod competitors and Fiona welcomes the studio guests and asks the questions. www.bbcalba.co.uk Billy Sloan: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Hot releases plus rock and pop music from Scotland and around the world. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland TRNSMT: 10.30pm on BBC Scotland. Tracks from LEWIS CAPALDI, YEARS AND YEARS, SIGRID, MABEL, BASTILLE and SAM FENDER www.bbc.co.uk/scotland Belladrum: 10.45pm on BBC ALBA. Highlights from the 2018 Belladrum festival including AMY MacDONALD. www.bbcalba.co.uk SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER Sunday Soundtrack with Ricky Ross: 10am on BBC Radio Scotland. Ricky Ross picks the perfect Sunday soundtrack, with conversation to inspire and challenge. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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page 5: music on scotland's tv + radio this week :: america :: london Take The Floor: 5pm on BBC Radio Scotland. For the very best in traditional music and song join Gary Innes. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Jazz Nights: 7pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Seonaid Aitken with the best in jazz music from contemporary to classic. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Na Trads: 8.55pm on BBC ALBA. DALLAHAN perform at the 2016 Trad Awards. www.bbcalba.co.uk Classics Unwrapped: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Jamie MacDougall has music to relax to, thanks to some listener favourites. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
www.bbcalba.co.uk Another Country with Ricky Ross: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. An extended interview with Dolly Parton describing the stories behind her songs. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Mod19: 10pm on BBC ALBA. The second day from the 2019 Children's Mod in Glasgow. www.bbcalba.co.uk Roddy Hart: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Roddy shines a spotlight on great songwriting both contemporary and classic. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Seirm: 10pm on BBC ALBA. Mary Ann Kennedy with music from Celtic Connections. www.bbcalba.co.uk Iain Anderson: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. End the day in the company of the songwriting masters of country, folk, blues and soul. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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Travelling Folk: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Kim Carnie sits in for Bruce McGregor and brings you the very best of folk and roots music from around the world. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Get It On... With Bryan Burnett: 6.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Essential music chosen by listeners. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Vic Galloway: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. One of Scotland's finest bands THE YUMMY FUR have reformed and are in session. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Mod19: 10pm on BBC ALBA. Successful performers from the 2019 Children's Mod in Glasgow. www.bbcalba.co.uk Iain Anderson: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. End the day in the company of the songwriting masters of country, folk, blues and soul. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Port: 11.30pm on BBC ALBA. Julie Fowlis and Muireann NicAmhlaoibh explore their musical routes in Glasgow. www.bbcalba.co.uk TUESDAY 22 OCTOBER The Afternoon Show: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Tune into what is happening in music, arts and culture from across Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Get It On... With Bryan Burnett: 6.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Essential music chosen by listeners. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER The Afternoon Show: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Tune into what is happening in music, arts and culture from across Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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Mod19: 9-11.20pm on BBC ALBA. From the Royal National Mod in Glasgow, Cathy MacDonald presents the Comunn Gàidhealach Gold Medal competition for singing. Along with Cathy at the Royal Concert Hall providing analysis of this prestigious competition will be well-known South Uist singer Gillebride MacMillan, who is himself a former Mod Gold Medallist from the Perth Mod of 2004. The winners of the Silver Pendant for adult learners will also be featured on the show. www.bbcalba.co.uk WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER Mod19: 9-11.20pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald presents coverage of the Traditional Gold Medal competition for singing, from the Royal National Mod in Glasgow. Joining Cathy at the Royal Concert Hall will be Gaelic broadcaster Morag MacDonald and the traditional singer and winner of the competition in 1995, Angus Macleod from Inverness. Throughout the evening they will offer their own assessments of the singers’ performances and also a reaction when the winners are announced. The successful rural choirs from competitions held earlier in the day will also be featured on the show. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Na Trads: 8.55pm on BBC ALBA. MALINKY perform at the 2015 Trad Awards.
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Got a 2019 American tour planned - get the dates listed here!!! 26 SEPTEMBER - 15 OCTOBER SKERRYVORE :: USA / Canada Tour. Skerryvore are a multi-award winning Scottish band creating a ‘trad-rock’ fusion that has seen them perform in over 25 countries worldwide. Twice awarded 'Live Act of the Year' at the Trad Music Awards. Tour dates @ www.skerryvore.com/tour 10-19 OCTOBER DAVE ARCARI :: East Coast USA Tour. Slide guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues and have been showcased via ten internationallyacclaimed solo CD releases. "Dave plays like he got his skin turned inside out and pretty soon my skin was inside out too listening and it was all good. That boy bleeds for you – he a real down deep player and a soul man..." SEASICK STEVE. All dates @ www.facebook.com/davearcarimusic
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carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 23 OCTOBER ARCADE - featuring HEIDI TALBOT & ADAM HOLMES :: At Kings Place, London. This new collaboration will see the pair work under the name “Arcade”, with plans to record and release a new album of songs in 2019 produced by Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow). Heidi Talbot was born in Ireland became a folk star in the USA as a member of the Irish American band Cherish the Ladies, and now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. With a background like that, it’s hardly surprising she should develop a style that switches easily between Celtic and Americana, but Subtlety is Talbot’s magic ingredient. From her gossamer voice to the delicate re-working of traditional and contemporary material that has earned her rave reviews for her records and Live performances. The girl from Co. Kildare, who spent several years in New York, slips effortlessly between musical worlds but retains a personal modesty rooted in traditional folk. Edinburgh based singer song writer Adam Holmes with his band The Embers combine the rhythm and blues, country and folk music textures of classic artists such as The Band, Neil Young and Ryan Adams and The Cardinals. Adam’s musical education began in the infamous folk clubs of Edinburgh taken along by his mother, a huge fan of UK folk music. He witnessed the legendary live sessions that took place. His father’s influence was equally strong, a love of classic American singer songwriters (notably Neil Young and Townes Van Zandt) which he passed onto to his son, now evident in the transatlantic quality to Adam’s music. www.heiditalbot.com www.adamholmesandtheembers.com 24 OCTOBER
“but a haunting ballad about Citalopram - one of the most prescribed uppers in the United States with more than 26 million prescriptions - has got to be a first.” “The singer-songwriter is Angus Munro, 31, a breaking indie balladeer …”. www.angusmunromusic.com
ALI WHITWELL: At Captain's Bar, South College Street, Edinburgh. Thursday 2.30pm. Americana and other stuff! www.facebook.com/ali.whitwell.5 www.facebook.com/CaptainsBarEdinburgh
Out of the Bedroom features ..... KIRSTY HEGGIE :: At Woodland Creatures, 260-262 Leith Walk, Edinburgh. EH6 5EL. 8-11pm. Entry SKERRYVORE: At The Garage, London. is free and sign up for an open mic slot is from Skerryvore are a multi-award winning Scottish 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act band creating a ‘trad-rock’ fusion that has seen depending on the number of performers. them perform in over 25 countries worldwide. Original music only for the open slots and all Twice awarded 'Live Act of the Year' at the Trad music lovers are welcome. A house guitar will be Music Awards available for musicians. Our feature act this www.facebook.com/skerryvore week is Kirsty Heggie. Kirsty (formerly known as Roelle Blue) has drawn inspiration from 8 NOVEMBER strong ’60s folk singers and Celtic roots. Her experience with both spoken word and an GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE :: At Dingwalls, almost operatic singing voice is both soothing London. The Filthy Tongues (Martin Metcalfe, Fin and striking. Influences of classical guitar and Wilson and Derek Kelly, best known as original rock riffs meld together what has been called by members of 80s legends Goodbye Mr judges at Celtic Connections as “great Mackenzie) - after a hiatus, during which they storytelling”. OOTB 702 took place on 3 played a series of sell out gigs celebrating the October - photos from the evening can be found 30th anniversary of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie’s on our Facebook page. Line up was: Small Feet Good Deeds and Dirty Rags - return this Autumn Little Toes, Chris Glen, Roy McIntosh, You with a great new single and a tour of Scotland. Are Lost Be Careful, Mally Smith, Gerry, Will Meanwhile the reformed Goodbye Mr Mackenzie B, the feature act was Mike McKenzie. pick up their storming anniversary tour later in www.facebook.com/OutOfTheBedroomEdinburgh the year, with tour dates in England (November) including the legendary Dingwalls in London, 20 OCTOBER culminating in a sold out gig at Glasgow Barrowlands on 20 December. Wee Folk Club presents ..... MARTIN www.filthytongues.com LENNON :: At Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary St, Edinburgh EH1 1LT. 8.30pm start (get their early to get in!). £6. The Wee Folk Club is held every Sunday. It's a delightfully compact and bijou venue which generally plays host to acoustic acts and as anyone who's played or been in the audience there will tell you, it's as warm, intimate and just generally brilliant a night as you could possibly wish for. www.facebook.com/weefolkclub/ 2 NOVEMBER
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ANGUS MUNRO :: At The Troubadour, Earls Court, London. Ahead of the release of “Eqaliza”, Send us all your gig dates for the third single release from his debut deluxe Edinburgh and Lothians area. vinyl EP “Mirror Man”, the Scottish chamber pop-star Angus Munro will bring his unique, four Email them to Carol octave vocals to The Troubadour in London. carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com “This is therapy rock!” wrote Gavin Docherty in the Scottish Daily Express. He was reviewing the track Equaliza on Angus Munro’s debut EP 17 OCTOBER “Mirror Man”, now the third single release by the Scottish based chamber pop-star. Gavin adds
27 OCTOBER Wee Folk Club presents ..... CARRIE MARTIN :: At Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary St, Edinburgh EH1 1LT. 8.30pm start (get their early to get in!). £6. The Wee Folk Club is held every Sunday. It's a delightfully compact and bijou venue which generally plays host to acoustic acts and as anyone who's played or been in the audience there will tell you, it's as warm, intimate and just generally brilliant a night as you could possibly wish for. www.facebook.com/weefolkclub/
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page 8: edinburgh + west + mid + east lothian 28 OCTOBER The Soundhouse Organisation presents ..... THE SLOCAN RAMBLERS :: At The Traverse Bar, Cambridge Street, Edinburgh. 7.30pm for 8pm. £12. Blending impressive bluegrass virtuosity with a fresh contemporary appeal, The Slocan Ramblers mix fine originals with rowdy old-time numbers. They’ve become a leading light of Canada’s roots music scene, built on a reputation for energetic live shows and outstanding musicianship. They have a long list of Canadian and USA plaudits (including a 2019 Juno Award nomination for Traditional Album of the Year), and have spent the last few years touring constantly and winning over audiences across Canada, the USA and more recently the UK and Ireland. The Soundhouse Organisation Putting on great live music in Edinburgh and fundraising for a new centre for musicians and music lovers. www.facebook.com/soundhouseorg/ NOVEMBER TMSA Edinburgh & Lothians Branch Carrying Stream Session : Annual session celebrating Hamish Henderson - date to be confirmed. Since its foundation in 1966, The Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland has helped to foster and promote Scotland's unique musical traditions. It is a membership organisation and members include music enthusiasts, amateur and professional performers, tutors, and academics. Encouraging both widespread popular participation and individual artistic excellence, the TMSA branches work on a local level to provide opportunities for universal participation by running festivals, ceilidhs, concerts, workshops and competitions. www.tmsa.org.uk
Organisation - Putting on great live music in Edinburgh and fundraising for a new centre for musicians and music lovers. www.facebook.com/soundhouseorg/ 9 NOVEMBER THE EDINBURGH LIGHT ORCHESTRA :: At The Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, Edinburgh. EH8 9JG. 7.30pm. £14.00; £12.50 and £10.50. An evening of classic film music in A Salute to the Cinema. Music from some of the greatest film scores ever written including The Magnificent Seven; Chariots of Fire; Lawrence of Arabia; 633 Squadron; H. G. Wells’ Things to Come; Schindler’s List; Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines; Laura; Watership Down; Henry V and the Errol Flynn classic, The Sea Hawk. Plus music by John Williams, Henry Mancini, Burt Bacharach and much more! An exciting and unique opportunity to hear these wonderful scores performed LIVE! Full programme details @ www.edinburghlightorchestra.moonfruit.com Tickets on 0131 668 2019 / 0131 334 3140 or @ www.thequeenshall.net www.facebook.com/edinburghlightorchestra/ 11 NOVEMBER The Soundhouse Organisation presents ..... THE TILLERS :: At The Traverse Bar, Cambridge Street, Edinburgh. The Soundhouse Organisation - Putting on great live music in Edinburgh and fundraising for a new centre for musicians and music lovers. www.facebook.com/soundhouseorg/ 12 NOVEMBER
music in Edinburgh and fundraising for a new centre for musicians and music lovers. www.facebook.com/soundhouseorg/ 21 NOVEMBER BOO HEWERDINE :: At Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. 8pm. One of the UK's finest singersongwriters, Boo Hewerdine has announced an extensive UK tour this autumn. Boo will sing songs from his new album ‘Before’, released on 6 September 2019, and his impressive back catalogue. A naturally gifted raconteur his gigs are always a total joy. The new recordings on ‘Before’ are a perfect contrast of mood and theme to the gloriously rich, full band pop sound of 2017’s acclaimed ‘Swimming in Mercury’ album. This new album finds Boo focused on the art of reduction, consumed by fine details and found sound, songs where the fragility and beauty of life are laid bear with a stark emotive honesty. Catch Boo live in Dundee, Stonehaven, Irvine and Edinburgh this autumn. Tickets @ www.boohewerdine.net 24 NOVEMBER The Soundhouse Organisation presents ..... MARTIN & ELIZA CARTHY :: At The Traverse Bar, Cambridge Street, Edinburgh. The Soundhouse Organisation - Putting on great live music in Edinburgh and fundraising for a new centre for musicians and music lovers. www.facebook.com/soundhouseorg/ The SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA with Grammy nominated vocalist JAZZMEIA HORN: At Usher Hall, Edinburgh. The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra is delighted to announce three exclusive concerts in Scotland as Grammy nominated vocalist Jazzmeia Horn visits for the first time to join the SNJO in a wonderful mixed programme of jazz. Winner of the 2015 Thelonius Monk and 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competitions, Jazzmeia Horn is an extraordinary jazz vocalist whose name speaks for itself and captures her very essence. "Jazzmeia has one of the best voices I've heard in over 40 years" -Jon Hendricks www.snjo.co.uk
MAIREARAD GREEN and ANNA MASSIE on Tour :: At Leith Folk Club, Edinburgh. Scottish duo, Mairearad Green and Anna Massie continue 1 NOVEMBER to tour their fourth album, ‘Farran’, this coming November. Fresh from a UK tour in April 2019 SHE DREW THE GUN :: At Summerhall, and a performance at Scotland’s biggest music Edinburgh. The ’Trouble Every Day’ tour follows festival, Celtic Connections, Mairearad and Anna a Summer of triumphant festival performances, will hit the road again this November. The duo from Glastonbury and Latitude to Blue Dot and will be performing material from their fourth Deer Shed. The Wirral band have also just album, ‘Farran’, combined with some familiar shared the brand new single ’Trouble Every Day’, favourites, one or two completely new songs and a reinterpretation of Frank Zappa’s original delivered with their intensely warm and friendly TALISK :: At The Mash House, Edinburgh. updated by frontwoman Louisa Roach to reflect stage presence. Scottish firebrands Talisk have announced a run our troubled times. www.mairearadandanna.com of 19 headline shows, taking their explosively www.shedrewthegun.com energetic live show to venues across the UK this 17 NOVEMBER November in what will be their biggest tour to 3 NOVEMBER date. Following the release of their critically Wee Folk Club presents ..... MIKE acclaimed second album ‘Beyond’ and a hugely Wee Folk Club presents ..... HAGGERDASH :: WHELLANS :: At Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary St, popular 2018 tour, Talisk will be back on the At Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary St, Edinburgh EH1 Edinburgh EH1 1LT. 8.30pm start (get their early road captivating audiences with a series of 1LT. 8.30pm start (get their early to get in!). £6. to get in!). £6. The Wee Folk Club is held every thrilling performances this autumn. The trio have The Wee Folk Club is held every Sunday. It's a Sunday. It's a delightfully compact and bijou amassed a die-hard following over the last five delightfully compact and bijou venue which venue which generally plays host to acoustic acts years, been named Folk Band of the Year in generally plays host to acoustic acts and as and as anyone who's played or been in the 2017, awarded the Belhaven Bursary for anyone who's played or been in the audience audience there will tell you, it's as warm, Innovation (prize matched only by the Mercury there will tell you, it's as warm, intimate and just intimate and just generally brilliant a night as Award) in 2018 at the BBC Alba Scots Trad Music generally brilliant a night as you could possibly you could possibly wish for. Awards, and collected in excess of 5.5 million wish for. www.facebook.com/weefolkclub/ streams online. www.facebook.com/weefolkclub/ www.talisk.co.uk 18 NOVEMBER 4 NOVEMBER Wee Folk Club presents ..... SKIRLIE :: At The Soundhouse Organisation presents ..... Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary St, Edinburgh EH1 1LT. The Soundhouse Organisation presents ..... ELUSIVE TREE ENSEMBLE :: At The Traverse 8.30pm start (get their early to get in!). £6. The YE VAGABONDS :: At The Traverse Bar, Bar, Cambridge Street, Edinburgh. The Wee Folk Club is held every Sunday. It's a Cambridge Street, Edinburgh. The Soundhouse Soundhouse Organisation - Putting on great live delightfully compact and bijou venue which
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 11: edinburgh + west + mid + east lothian :: glasgow + surrounding area generally plays host to acoustic acts and as anyone who's played or been in the audience there will tell you, it's as warm, intimate and just generally brilliant a night as you could possibly wish for. www.facebook.com/weefolkclub/ 27 NOVEMBER DAVE ARCARI :: At Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh. Slide guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt. blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues and have been showcased via ten internationally-acclaimed solo CD releases. "Dave plays like he got his skin turned inside out and pretty soon my skin was inside out too listening and it was all good. That boy bleeds for you – he a real down deep player and a soul man..." Seasick Steve. All dates @ www.facebook.com/davearcarimusic 30 NOVEMBER The Soundhouse Organisation presents ..... AIDAN O'ROURKE & FRIENDS :: At The Traverse Bar, Cambridge Street, Edinburgh. The Soundhouse Organisation - Putting on great live music in Edinburgh and fundraising for a new centre for musicians and music lovers. www.facebook.com/soundhouseorg/ 1 DECEMBER
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Brookfield Knights presents ..... NATHAN BELL : At The Admiral, Glasgow for The Fallen Angels Club. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Tickets £13 from Tickets Scotland on 0141 204 5151. The Soundhouse Organisation presents ..... Nathan Bell returns to the UK following his most CUA + MIKEY KENNEY :: At The Traverse Bar, successful visit here in 2018 when reviewers Cambridge Street, Edinburgh. The Soundhouse were once again glowing in their praise. Top Organisation - Putting on great live music in writer Paul Kerr – a regular contributor to Edinburgh and fundraising for a new centre for Maverick magazine, RnR mag and AmericanaUK, musicians and music lovers. caught his Fallen Angels Club show in Glasgow www.facebook.com/soundhouseorg/ show and wrote: “It’s all powerful stuff and Bell is spellbinding on stage, a true sage for these 15 DECEMBER troubled times.” At Northern Sky magazine, Keith Belcher was so entranced, we went to Wee Folk Club presents ..... WENDY THREE different performances on the 2018 tour WEATHERBY :: At Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary St, and said: “Every gig was a very memorable Edinburgh EH1 1LT. 8.30pm start (get their night with a superb performance by a master early to get in!). £6. The Wee Folk Club is held troubadour. "A rare talent.” Reviewing Nathan’s every Sunday. It's a delightfully compact and appearance at The Blue Lamp in Aberdeen for bijou venue which generally plays host to AmericanaUK, Jim Finnie wrote: “He is one of acoustic acts and as anyone who's played or the great troubadours plying his trade at the been in the audience there will tell you, it's as present time. Get out and see him if you can – warm, intimate and just generally brilliant a his show is not to be missed.” Nathan had, of night as you could possibly wish for. course, been voted Male Performer of The Year www.facebook.com/weefolkclub/ in the Readers’ Poll at AmericanaUK at the end of 2017 and as 2018 drew to a close, he was 21 DECEMBER again named as runner up in that same category – a sure sign that he remains hugely PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS popular with UK audiences. SONGBOOK on Tour :: At Queen's Hall, www.brookfield-knights.com Edinburgh. 7.30pm. Phil will be joined by regular www.fallenangelsclub.com collaborators Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson, John McCusker, Kris Drever, Ian Carr, Kevin 18 OCTOBER McGuire and the Songbook Brass Ensemble to lead you through a great fun night of festive MOD Ghlaschu presents ..... SKERRYVORE & music. TRAIL WEST :: At Barrowland, Glasgow www.facebook.com/philschristmassongbook www.facebook.com/skerryfans
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19 OCTOBER DOGHOUSE ROSES + DUMB INSTRUMENT (joint album launch) :: The CCA, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. £10. Glasgow’s Doghouse Roses will bring their unique sound which threads British folk music and Americana to Glasgow this October when they play The CCA. Hot on the heels of the release of their fourth album, ‘We Are Made Of Light’, the duo of Iona Macdonald on vocals and Paul Tasker on guitars, banjo and harmony vocals will be out to delight audiences across Europe this autumn. The album has been nurtured over time and is a collection of songs, some new, others written over the band’s 15 years together but previously unrecorded and grew out of the duo’s touring set lists in 2018. Whether regularly gracing the stage of the Celtic Connections Festival at home in Glasgow or winning over an audience in an East German roadhouse, Tasker and Macdonald are exhilarating live musicians who bring their love of creating music to the fore every time they appear – and audiences will have the chance to see why they are considered one of the UK’s foremost folk based pairings this October. Tickets from the CCA and Tickets Scotland @ http://t-s.co/dogh5 www.doghouseroses.net
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wistful track sets the tone for an album that offers subtle moments of reflection as well as The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... dazzling musicianship. Tuttle wrote or coKRIS DREVER : At Webster's Theatre, wrote all 11 tracks since moving to Nashville, Glasgow. 8pm. Scottish songwriter Kris giving the project a unified feeling. “A lot of Drever (Lau) celebrated a decade of critical the songs are more personal than I’ve and commercial success by winning both BBC written before, and many of them are Radio 2 Folk Singer of The Year 2017 and conversational, like one person talking to Best Original Track 2017 (for his song If another,” she says. But, when it comes to Wishes Were Horses) at BBC Radio 2 Folk the messages of the songs, each one stands Awards. For his forthcoming concert series apart. “Take the Journey” provides Kris will be performing a ‘best of’ set encouragement, even as “The High Road” featuring all the key songs from his first finds two individuals going their own way. decade and some new material played live Later, the subdued “Don’t Let Go” concludes for the first time. “The Fallen Angels club has with a spaced-out slow groove, while “Lights become a vital component in Glasgow’s live Came On (Power Went Out)” amplifies the Americana music scene, presenting album’s youthful energy. “Sleepwalking,” a established masters of the storytelling song gentle love song, may be the album’s most form and many of the flood of new artists impassioned and emotionally intense who promise a great future for music rooted moment. in the American soil.” Rob Adams The www.facebook.com/mollytuttlemusic Glasgow Herald. Tickets £15 on 0141 204 www.fallenangelsclub.com 5151 and @ www.Ticketweb.co.uk 29 OCTOBER www.fallenangelsclub.com The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... 25 OCTOBER DAVE ALVIN & JIMMIE DALE GILMORE (only Scottish show!) :: At Saint Luke’s, SUNN O))) :: At QMU, Glasgow. Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Dave www.facebook.com/SUNNthebandOfficial Alvin from Downey and Jimmie Dale Gilmore from Lubbock have been filling canvasses The Scottish Alternative Music Awards with music of the American West for decades, (SAMA’s) :: At Saint Luke’s, Glasgow. The coming from two very different directions. Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMA’s) The title track explains Alvin is a Stratshines a spotlight on new Scottish packing, wild blues Blaster, a nod to the contemporary music across a range of roots rock band he formed with his brother genres. Saint Luke’s will host the award Phil in 1978 before Dave peeled off to go his ceremony as it returns for it’s TENTH year. own way in 1986. He’s been part of the The first two acts announced to perform at bands X, the Knitters, and the Flesh Eaters, the event are CHLOBOCOP, and Franky’s Evil tours relentlessly with his own band, the Party. The ceremony will be hosted by radio Guilty Ones, and continues apace on musical DJ Jim Gellatly, and Scottish poet Leyla quests informed by his love of California and Josephine. Ran in association with key its history, and by Texas and the South, partners Rebel Rebel Barbers, and Creative where most of the great music that was Scotland the SAMA’s are set to bring a giant made in Los Angeles before and after the night of music celebration to Glasgow. Second World War came from. Gilmore is the www.facebook.com/OfficialSAMA/ old Flatlander from the Great High Plains, acknowledging his first group, the folk27 OCTOBER country trio formed in Lubbock 1972 with Joe Ely and Butch Hancock who continue The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... performing and recording today. In addition MOLLY TUTTLE plus support: At St to the Flatlanders and an extended solo Andrew's In The Square, Glasgow. Tickets career, he has been part of several £16 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151 ensembles including the Hub City Movers and and Ticketweb. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. A The Wronglers with Warren Hellman, who virtuosic, award-winning guitarist with a gift started the Hardly, Strictly Bluegrass Festival for insightful song writing, Molly Tuttle in San Francisco. Alvin is a rowdy baritone. evolves her signature sound with boundary- Gilmore, the timekeeper of the high breaking songs on her compelling debut lonesome, warbles. Each is an avatar, an album, When You’re Ready. Already crowned authentic, original creator with a strong “Instrumentalist of the Year” at the 2018 sense of place and music. That combination Americana Music Awards on the strength of might seem like oil and water. But mixed her EP, Tuttle has broken boundaries and together in the forms of these ten cover garnered the respect of her peers, winning songs and two originals, including the fans for her incredible flatpicking guitar autobiographical title track, this is powerful technique and confessional song writing. stuff. Tickets £25 from Tickets Scotland 0141 Graced with a clear, true voice and a keen 204 5151 and @ Ticketweb melodic sense, the 25-year-old seems poised www.fallenangelsclub.com for a long and exciting career. When You’re Ready, produced by Ryan Hewitt (The Avett 2 NOVEMBER Brothers, The Lumineers) showcases her astonishing range and versatility and shows The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... that she is more than simply an Americana BRENNEN LEIGH & NOEL MCKAY : At The artist. Molly's new album "When You’re Glad Cafe, Glasgow. 8pm. 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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 15: glasgow + surrounding area together, somehow fitting in writing trips to Nashville between tour dates. “The Fallen Angels club has become a vital component in Glasgow’s live Americana music scene, presenting established masters of the storytelling song form and many of the flood of new artists who promise a great future for music rooted in the American soil.” Rob Adams The Glasgow Herald. Tickets £13 on 0141 204 5151 and @ www.Ticketweb.co.uk www.fallenangelsclub.com 3 NOVEMBER SHE DREW THE GUN :: At The Garage, Glasgow. The ’Trouble Every Day’ tour follows a Summer of triumphant festival performances, from Glastonbury and Latitude to Blue Dot and Deer Shed. The Wirral band have also just shared the brand new single ’Trouble Every Day’, a reinterpretation of Frank Zappa’s original updated by frontwoman Louisa Roach to reflect our troubled times. www.shedrewthegun.com
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Doghouse Roses take 4th album ‘We Are Made Of Light’ on tour GIGnotes :: 18 October - The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen [Doghouse Roses album launch with Tenement and Temple] :: 19 October - CCA, Glasgow [Doghouse Roses / Dumb Instrument Joint Album Launch] :: 16 November - Tin Hut Sessions, Gartly :: 1 December - Lemon Pepper Sessions, Glasgow. Tickets and European tour dates @ www.doghouseroses.net
"We look at music through the same eyes and find beauty in the musical moments that defy definition"
5 NOVEMBER The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... CARTER SAMPSON plus support : At The Admiral Bar, Glasgow. 8pm. Oklahoma Citybased artist is blessed by a musical family legacy that includes talents like Roy Orbison. Her journey as a naturally independent, freespirited musician has seemed almost predestined at times. At age 15 she began experimenting with sound as a way to pass the time; now her creativity has matured into the dedicated and passionate performance that makes her a favorite female vocalist. “The Fallen Angels club has become a vital component in Glasgow’s live Americana music scene, presenting established masters of the storytelling song form and many of the flood of new artists who promise a great future for music rooted in the American soil.” Rob Adams The Glasgow Herald. Tickets £13 on 0141 204 5151 and @ www.Ticketweb.co.uk www.fallenangelsclub.com 6 NOVEMBER The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... THE DELINES plus THOSE PRETTY WRONGS : At BAaD, Glasgow. 8pm. After their packed out show at Oran Mor during Celtic Connections in January and a number one record, The Delines are making a return back to Glasgow. The Delines debut album Colfax surprised fans and critics alike. The band had only been together a week when they went into the studio and cut the record. Uncut gave it 9/10 stars and praised its “widescreen romanticism”, calling it “the richest collection of songs Vlautin has written. “The Fallen Angels club has become a vital component in Glasgow’s live Americana music scene, presenting established masters of the storytelling song form and many of the flood of new artists who promise a great future for music rooted in the American soil.” Rob Adams The Glasgow Herald. Tickets £18 on 0141 204 5151 and @ www.Ticketweb.co.uk www.fallenangelsclub.com 8 NOVEMBER TALISK :: At King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow. Scottish firebrands Talisk have announced a run of 19 headline shows, taking their explosively energetic live show to venues across the UK this November in what will be their biggest tour to date. Following the release of their critically acclaimed second album ‘Beyond’ and a hugely popular 2018 tour, Talisk will be back on the road
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out on the road again and we can’t wait to see what audiences make of the new material. We can guarantee a fantastic night for everyone that get themselves down.” Iona describes their musical meeting of minds as, “a happy accident”. “We’re both traditionalists, but not in the traditional sense. We look at music through the same eyes and find beauty in the musical moments that defy definition. Perhaps that’s why we often find our own sound difficult to define”.
The duo find themselves as at home playing folk festivals as they do rock clubs and have honed their sound playing hundreds of gigs all over Europe and the UK. In the 13 years since the seeds of Doghouse Roses were sown, the duo were invite to become members of the Willard Grant Conspiracy, touring with the The album has been nurtured over time and is collective in Europe for 3 years and have also a collection of songs, some new, others written opened a number of gigs for US cult outfit over the band’s 15 years together but Television on their recent UK tours. previously unrecorded and grew out of the duo’s touring set lists in 2018 www.doghouseroses.net Hot on the heels of the release of their fourth album, ‘We Are Made Of Light’, the Doghouse Roses duo of Iona Macdonald on vocals and Paul Tasker on guitars, banjo and harmony vocals will be out to delight audiences.
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 16: glasgow + surrounding area captivating audiences with a series of thrilling performances this autumn. The trio have amassed a die-hard following over the last five years, been named Folk Band of the Year in 2017, awarded the Belhaven Bursary for Innovation (prize matched only by the Mercury Award) in 2018 at the BBC Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, and collected in excess of 5.5 million streams online. www.talisk.co.uk 12 NOVEMBER Brookfield Knights presents ..... NATHAN BELL : At Performing Arts Centre, Kilbarchan. Hot Cincinnati 4-piece, The Tillers have been thumping their own distinctive sound of string band style folk music for a decade, riding it all over the country and across the sea. Four studio albums and one live record have won them praise as modern folk storytellers of the national soundscape. Invigorating as it gets, they count many of their peers as fans. For instance, Iris Dement says: “I could sit and listen to them all night long!” www.brookfield-knights.com 16 NOVEMBER A CERTAIN RATIO: At King Tuts, Glasgow. A Certain Ratio embraced the ethic and culture of the late seventies post-punk explosion, but sounded like nothing else around them and refused to fit in. Highlighted recently by FACT, who said: “Their dub-infused punk-funk recordings have proved massively influential over the past thirty years, and Andy Weatherall has called them his favourite ever band (a prestigious accolade in our estimation)”, the band have influenced generations of musicians from LCD Soundsystem, Happy Mondays, Franz Ferdinand, ESG, Factory Floor and Sink Ya Teeth. Five albums were released on Factory – The Graveyard and the Ballroom (1979), To Each…(1981), Sextet (1982), I’d Like To See You Again (1982) and Force (1986). Following the release of Force, the band moved to A&M for two releases - Good Together (1989) and acr:mcr (1990) and, after the leaving the major, released Up In Downsville (1992) and Change the Station (1997) on Robs Records, the label set up by New Order’s manager and Factory’s director, Rob Gretton, an important catalyst in the Manchester scene. Their sound is not easily pigeon holed and their influence can never be understated. The band introduced the avant-garde elements of funk, jazz, electronics, tape loops and technology to the pop song, wrapping it in a post punk aesthetic, adding great clothes and the coolest haircuts. www.facebook.com/acertainratio
the ways of the road, seeking higher ground and accepting the fact everyone’s truth isn’t a white picket fence, she continues defying labels as she defines the thinking person’s life. “The Fallen Angels club has become a vital component in Glasgow’s live Americana music scene, presenting established masters of the storytelling song form and many of the flood of new artists who promise a great future for music rooted in the American soil.” Rob Adams The Glasgow Herald. Tickets £14 on 0141 204 5151 and @ www.Ticketweb.co.uk www.fallenangelsclub.com 17 NOVEMBER JOSEPH PARSONS & ROSS BELLENOIT :: At The Doublet Bar, Glasgow. 8pm. Tickets Tickets Scotland @ http://t-s.co/jos11 20 NOVEMBER The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... BLUE ROSE CODE - “Water Of Leith-Live” album launch show :: At The Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. 2017’s stunning album The Water of Leith continues to shine with the release of a new live recording. ‘The Water of Leith- Live’ was recorded in Ross Wilson’s hometown of Edinburgh at the sold out Queens Hall show in November 2017. The album will only be available at live shows, instore and on the BRC band camp. The official release date will be November 25th but will be available exclusively to buy at the Queen Margaret University launch show. ‘The Water of Leith’ was hailed by The Skinny magazine as their Scottish Album Of The Year. The album was also nominated for both the SAY (Scottish Album of the Year) award and SAMA (Scottish Alternative Music Award). This ‘Live’ album features the Blue Rose Code ‘big band’ including Konrad Wiszniewski on saxophone, Colin Steele on trumpet and Seonaid Aitken’s string Quartet. Blue Rose Code is musically chameleon live, bringing warmth, honesty and truth to the stages they play. Tickets £17.50 from Tickets Scotland on 0141 204 5151 and @ www.Ticketweb.co.uk www.fallenangelsclub.com 23 NOVEMBER
2019 on a high, Liverpool’s SPINN have shared their new ‘Acoustic EP’ ahead of their biggest UK & EIRE shows to date; including a stop at Glasgow’s King Tuts. Stripping back the fizz and freneticism that defines the trademark sound of their vigorous studio recordings, the upcoming ‘Acoustic EP’ instead chooses to place the spotlight on the warm lyrical nuances and feather-fine melodies at the tender heart of their compositions. Alongside fan favourites ‘Who You Are’, ‘Is There Something I Missed?’ and ‘Foundations’, there’s also a breathtaking cover of the Lana Del Rey mega-hit: ‘Video Games’; making for a four-track collection that stands quite unlike anything they’ve released before. Tickets available @ www.musicglue.com/spinn-band/gigs www.facebook.com/spinnband/ 29-30 NOVEMBER THE TWANG supporting SHED SEVEN :: At O2 Academy, Glasgow. The Twang have spent over a decade defying expectation. From their beginnings in their Birmingham home town, vocalist Phil Etheridge, bassist Jon Watkin, guitarist Stu Hartland and drummer Ash Sheehan continue to wow audiences and win new fans with their electric live shows. The Twang now join Shed Seven as special guests on their extensive UK tour. www.facebook.com/thetwang 30 NOVEMBER DAVE ARCARI :: At The Hug and Pint, Glasgow. 8pm. Slide guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues and have been showcased via ten internationally-acclaimed solo CD releases. "Dave plays like he got his skin turned inside out and pretty soon my skin was inside out too listening and it was all good. That boy bleeds for you – he a real down deep player and a soul man..." Seasick Steve. All dates @ www.facebook.com/davearcarimusic IAN PROWSE :: At The Admiral, Glasgow. Ian Prowse is touring his brand new album Here I Lie is out now via Kitchen Disco Records. The album is already attracting high praise with the like of Elvis Costello saying “It goes without the saying that he will make a beautiful carriage of the music he loves”. Prowse formed Pele in Liverpool in 1989 along with Dally (drums), Robbo (Hammond), Nico (violin) & Jim McCallister (bass). Signed by Michael Levy, Baron Levy in March 1991 to M&G Records/Polydor, the band went on to release 2 studio albums (Fireworks & The Sport Of Kings), 1 live album and 6 singles. Prowse went on to form Amsterdam in 1999 with former Blow Monkeys drummer Tony Kiley and cousin Johnny Barlow. It wasn't until September 2004 that the band managed to secure a record deal in the form of London based Beat Crazy. They released one album The Journey in February 2005 and three singles, "The Journey" (which hit number 32 in the UK top 40) and "Does This Train Stop on Merseyside" also hit the lower reaches of the charts. www.amsterdam-music.com
The SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA with Grammy nominated vocalist JAZZMEIA HORN: At Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra is delighted to announce three exclusive concerts in Scotland as Grammy nominated vocalist Jazzmeia Horn visits for the first time to join the SNJO in a wonderful 17 NOVEMBER mixed programme of jazz. Winner of the 2015 Thelonius Monk and 2013 Sarah Vaughan The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... KIM International Jazz Vocal Competitions, Jazzmeia RICHEY plus support : At CCA, Glasgow. 8pm. Horn is an extraordinary jazz vocalist whose We always look forward to welcoming the name speaks for itself and captures her very wonderful Kim Richey back to Glasgow, we have essence. "Jazzmeia has one of the best voices been working with Kim since 2008 and she I've heard in over 40 years" -Jon Hendricks always puts on a great show. Edgeland moves www.snjo.co.uk roots singer/subtle excavator of the human condition Kim through the topography of the life 26 NOVEMBER lived by a woman committed to following her music. Flinching over hurting another, knowing SPINN :: At King Tuts, Glasgow. Riding out of 1 DECEMBER
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 19: glasgow + surrounding area :: fife + central + perthshire + tayside DOGHOUSE ROSES :: 'House Concert', Glasgow. Glasgow’s Doghouse Roses will bring their unique sound which threads British folk music and Americana to Glasgow this October when they play The CCA. Hot on the heels of the release of their fourth album, ‘We Are Made Of Light’, the duo of Iona Macdonald on vocals and Paul Tasker on guitars, banjo and harmony vocals will be out to delight audiences across Europe this autumn. The album has been nurtured over time and is a collection of songs, some new, others written over the band’s 15 years together but previously unrecorded and grew out of the duo’s touring set lists in 2018. Whether regularly gracing the stage of the Celtic Connections Festival at home in Glasgow or winning over an audience in an East German roadhouse, Tasker and Macdonald are exhilarating live musicians who bring their love of creating music to the fore every time they appear – and audiences will have the chance to see why they are considered one of the UK’s foremost folk based pairings this October. www.doghouseroses.net 17 DECEMBER PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS SONGBOOK on Tour :: At The Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. 7.30pm. Phil will be joined by regular collaborators Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson, John McCusker, Kris Drever, Ian Carr, Kevin McGuire and the Songbook Brass Ensemble to lead you through a great fun night of festive music. www.facebook.com/philschristmassongbook
Polish Ex-serviceman's Club, Forth Park Drive, Kirkcaldy, doors 7.30pm. The Acoustic Music Club provides concerts every Thursday night in the Polish Club. The club encourages interest in Scottish Traditional and World music. We also actively encourage links with other countries and have hosted bands from USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, Norway, Sweden & Germany amongst others. We encourage involvement in playing instruments and in song and regularly host “Open Mic” nights for our club members and visitors. www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk 24 0CTOBER Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club presents ..... ROBERTO CASSANI :: At The Polish Exserviceman's Club, Forth Park Drive, Kirkcaldy, doors 7.30pm. The Acoustic Music Club provides concerts every Thursday night in the Polish Club. The club encourages interest in Scottish Traditional and World music. We also actively encourage links with other countries and have hosted bands from USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, Norway, Sweden & Germany amongst others. We encourage involvement in playing instruments and in song and regularly host “Open Mic” nights for our club members and visitors. www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk 31 0CTOBER
Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club presents ..... THE HOOSE BAUND :: At The Polish Exserviceman's Club, Forth Park Drive, Kirkcaldy, doors 7.30pm. The Acoustic Music Club provides 20 DECEMBER concerts every Thursday night in the Polish Club. The club encourages interest in Scottish GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE :: At Barrowland, Traditional and World music. We also actively Glasgow (Sold Out). The Filthy Tongues (Martin encourage links with other countries and have Metcalfe, Fin Wilson and Derek Kelly, best hosted bands from USA, Canada, Australia, New known as original members of 80s legends Zealand, England, Ireland, Norway, Sweden & Goodbye Mr Mackenzie) - after a hiatus, during Germany amongst others. We encourage which they played a series of sell out gigs involvement in playing instruments and in song celebrating the 30th anniversary of Goodbye Mr and regularly host “Open Mic” nights for our club Mackenzie’s Good Deeds and Dirty Rags - return members and visitors. this Autumn with a great new single and a tour www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk of Scotland. Meanwhile the reformed Goodbye Mr Mackenzie pick up their storming anniversary 10 NOVEMBER tour later in the year, with tour dates in England (November) including the legendary Dingwalls in BOO HEWERDINE :: At Clark’s, 80 North London, culminating in a sold out gig at Glasgow Lindsay Street, Dundee. 8pm. One of the UK's Barrowlands on 20 December. finest singer-songwriters, Boo Hewerdine has www.filthytongues.com announced an extensive UK tour this autumn. Boo will sing songs from his new album ‘Before’, released on 6 September 2019, and his impressive back catalogue. A naturally gifted raconteur his gigs are always a total joy. The new recordings on ‘Before’ are a perfect contrast of mood and theme to the gloriously rich, full band pop sound of 2017’s acclaimed ‘Swimming Send us all your gig dates for in Mercury’ album. This new album finds Boo focused on the art of reduction, consumed by Tayside, Perthshire, fine details and found sound, songs where the Fife and Central areas fragility and beauty of life are laid bear with a stark emotive honesty. Catch Boo live in . Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com Dundee, Stonehaven, Irvine and Edinburgh this autumn. Tickets @ www.boohewerdine.net 17 0CTOBER
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MAIREARAD GREEN and ANNA MASSIE on Tour :: At Dalguise Village Hall, Perthshire. Scottish duo, Mairearad Green and Anna Massie continue to tour their fourth album, ‘Farran’, this coming November. Fresh from a UK tour in April 2019 and a performance at Scotland’s biggest music festival, Celtic Connections, Mairearad and Anna will hit the road again this November. The duo will be performing material from their fourth album, ‘Farran’, combined with some familiar favourites, one or two completely new songs and delivered with their intensely warm and friendly stage presence. www.mairearadandanna.com 22 NOVEMBER The SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA with Grammy nominated vocalist JAZZMEIA HORN: At Perth Concert Hall, Perth. The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra is delighted to announce three exclusive concerts in Scotland as Grammy nominated vocalist Jazzmeia Horn visits for the first time to join the SNJO in a wonderful mixed programme of jazz. Winner of the 2015 Thelonius Monk and 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competitions, Jazzmeia Horn is an extraordinary jazz vocalist whose name speaks for itself and captures her very essence. "Jazzmeia has one of the best voices I've heard in over 40 years" -Jon Hendricks www.snjo.co.uk 28 NOVEMBER DAVE ARCARI :: At Backstage at the Green Hotel, Kinross. Slide guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues and have been showcased via ten internationally-acclaimed solo CD releases. "Dave plays like he got his skin turned inside out and pretty soon my skin was inside out too listening and it was all good. That boy bleeds for you – he a real down deep player and a soul man..." Seasick Steve. All dates @ www.facebook.com/davearcarimusic 15 DECEMBER PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS SONGBOOK on Tour :: At The Albert Halls, Stirling. 7.30pm. Phil will be joined by regular collaborators Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson, John McCusker, Kris Drever, Ian Carr, Kevin McGuire and the Songbook Brass Ensemble to lead you through a great fun night of festive music. www.facebook.com/philschristmassongbook 20 DECEMBER PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS SONGBOOK on Tour :: At Perth Concert Hall. 7.30pm. Phil will be joined by regular collaborators Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson, John McCusker, Kris Drever, Ian Carr, Kevin McGuire and the Songbook Brass Ensemble to lead you through a great fun night of festive music. www.facebook.com/philschristmassongbook 21 DEC EMBER
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19 OCTOBER Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... ROB HERON & THE TEA PAD ORCHESTRA : At The Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen, AB25 1BU. 7.30pm. Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra don’t care what genre you choose to put them in – western swing, country blues, ragtime hokum or whatever else– as long as you understand that they’re 100% sincere and 100% immersed in this stuff. This is no lazy pastiche, no dressing up box. They live and breathe this music and want you to get immersed with them. Almost Blue Promotions bring Country / Americana / Bluegrass / Roots music gigs to Aberdeen - named after the iconic Elvis Costello album of Country covers. We have hosted artists from the US & Canada as well as the UK in the great historic setting of The Blue Lamp www.facebook.com/AlmostBluePromotions
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Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... NATHAN BELL : At The Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen, AB25 1BU. 7.30pm. Sometimes a solo artist can knock your socks off and Nathan Bell is one of these. With a voice and songs sitting alongside the likes of Townes, Guy Clark, John Prine etc.. Really!! - this guy's songs and voice hit you with a clarity not often encountered. Sharp edged songs, a voice of gravel and grit and whiskey and some rather accomplished guitar playing makes this guy pretty special. Almost Blue Promotions bring Country / Americana / Bluegrass / Roots music gigs to Aberdeen - named after the iconic Elvis Costello album of Country covers. We have hosted artists from the US & Canada as well as the UK in the great historic setting of The Blue Lamp www.facebook.com/AlmostBluePromotions www.brookfield-knights.com
TMSA Aberdeen Branch - Doric Concerts : Doric Concerts, two concerts (also on 5 October) celebrating North East cultural heritage. Since its foundation in 1966, The Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland has helped to foster and promote Scotland's unique musical traditions. It is a membership organisation and members include music enthusiasts, amateur and professional performers, tutors, and academics. Encouraging both widespread popular participation and individual artistic excellence, the TMSA branches work on a local level to provide opportunities for universal participation by running festivals, ceilidhs, concerts, workshops and competitions. www.tmsa.org.uk 2 NOVEMBER SHE DREW THE GUN :: At The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. The ’Trouble Every Day’ tour follows a Summer of triumphant festival performances, from Glastonbury and Latitude to Blue Dot and Deer Shed. The Wirral band have also just shared the brand new single ’Trouble Every Day’, a reinterpretation of Frank Zappa’s original updated by frontwoman Louisa Roach to reflect our troubled times. www.shedrewthegun.com
album of Country covers. We have hosted artists from the US & Canada as well as the UK in the great historic setting of The Blue Lamp www.facebook.com/AlmostBluePromotions 7 NOVEMBER TALISK :: At The Barn, Banchory. Scottish firebrands Talisk have announced a run of 19 headline shows, taking their explosively energetic live show to venues across the UK this November in what will be their biggest tour to date. Following the release of their critically acclaimed second album ‘Beyond’ and a hugely popular 2018 tour, Talisk will be back on the road captivating audiences with a series of thrilling performances this autumn. The trio have amassed a die-hard following over the last five years, been named Folk Band of the Year in 2017, awarded the Belhaven Bursary for Innovation (prize matched only by the Mercury Award) in 2018 at the BBC Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, and collected in excess of 5.5 million streams online. www.talisk.co.uk 8 NOVEMBER TMSA Aberdeen Branch - Alex Green Memorial Concert : At The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. Since its foundation in 1966, The Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland has helped to foster and promote Scotland's unique musical traditions. It is a membership organisation and members include music enthusiasts, amateur and professional performers, tutors, and academics. Encouraging both widespread popular participation and individual artistic excellence, the TMSA branches work on a local level to provide opportunities for universal participation by running festivals, ceilidhs, concerts, workshops and competitions. www.tmsa.org.uk
BOO HEWERDINE :: At Stonehaven Folk Club. 8pm. One of the UK's finest singer-songwriters, 18 OCTOBER Boo Hewerdine has announced an extensive UK tour this autumn. Boo will sing songs from his DOGHOUSE ROSES (album launch) with new album ‘Before’, released on 6 September special guests TENEMENT & TEMPLE:: The 2019, and his impressive back catalogue. A Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. Doors 8pm. £10. naturally gifted raconteur his gigs are always a Glasgow’s Doghouse Roses will bring their total joy. The new recordings on ‘Before’ are a unique sound which threads British folk music perfect contrast of mood and theme to the and Americana to Glasgow this October when gloriously rich, full band pop sound of 2017’s they play The CCA. Hot on the heels of the 3 NOVEMBER acclaimed ‘Swimming in Mercury’ album. This release of their fourth album, ‘We Are Made Of new album finds Boo focused on the art of Light’, the duo of Iona Macdonald on vocals and Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... NOEL reduction, consumed by fine details and found Paul Tasker on guitars, banjo and harmony MCKAY & BRENNEN LEIGH : At The Blue sound, songs where the fragility and beauty of vocals will be out to delight audiences across Lamp, 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen, AB25 1BU. life are laid bear with a stark emotive honesty. Europe this autumn. The album has been 7.30pm. Texas cultivated, Nashville based song Catch Boo live in Dundee, Stonehaven, Irvine nurtured over time and is a collection of songs, writing team Brennen Leigh and Noel McKay are and Edinburgh this autumn. Tickets @ some new, others written over the band’s 15 set for an Aberdeen show in November, following www.boohewerdine.net years together but previously unrecorded and the release of their self titled second duet album grew out of the duo’s touring set lists in 2018. 17 NOVEMBER Whether regularly gracing the stage of the Celtic (Voxhall Records Nashville). Noel McKay and Brennen Leigh met in 2002 through Austin’s Connections Festival at home in Glasgow or vibrant music scene. McKay was part of the DAVID ROVICS & support :: At The Blue winning over an audience in an East German regionally popular country and Tex-Mex band Lamp, Aberdeen. Tickets from Music Glue @ roadhouse, Tasker and Macdonald are McKay Brothers, while the bluegrass and classic www.musicglue.com exhilarating live musicians who bring their love country educated Leigh had just arrived in Texas of creating music to the fore every time they 21 NOVEMBER appear – and audiences will have the chance to to pursue a solo career. Six years later the two began writing and touring together, somehow see why they are considered one of the UK’s fitting in writing trips to Nashville between tour DAVID ROVICS & support :: At The State Bar, foremost folk based pairings this October. dates. Almost Blue Promotions bring Country / Glasgow. Tickets from Ticket Scotland @ Tickets in advance @ Americana / Bluegrass / Roots music gigs to http://t-s.co/dav77 www.musicglue.com Aberdeen - named after the iconic Elvis Costello www.doghouseroses.net
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 22: aberdeenshire + north east :: highlands + west coast 23 NOVEMBER DOGHOUSE ROSES :: At Tin Hut Sessions, Gartly Community Hall, Gartly. AB54 4PX. Glasgow’s Doghouse Roses will bring their unique sound which threads British folk music and Americana to Glasgow this October when they play The CCA. Hot on the heels of the release of their fourth album, ‘We Are Made Of Light’, the duo of Iona Macdonald on vocals and Paul Tasker on guitars, banjo and harmony vocals will be out to delight audiences across Europe this autumn. The album has been nurtured over time and is a collection of songs, some new, others written over the band’s 15 years together but previously unrecorded and grew out of the duo’s touring set lists in 2018. Whether regularly gracing the stage of the Celtic Connections Festival at home in Glasgow or winning over an audience in an East German roadhouse, Tasker and Macdonald are exhilarating live musicians who bring their love of creating music to the fore every time they appear – and audiences will have the chance to see why they are considered one of the UK’s foremost folk based pairings this October. www.doghouseroses.net
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VOLCANOVA plus MONSTERS IN THE BALLROOM & NOAH (Ramanan Ritual) :: At The Tooth and Claw, 50 Baron Taylor Street, TMSA Aberdeen Branch - St Andrew's Ceilidh : At Garlogie Hall, Aberdeenshire. Since Inverness. IV1 1QG. 7pm. The Tooth and Claw is its foundation in 1966, The Traditional Music and an adventurously independent rock bar and alternative venue in the centre of Inverness city Song Association of Scotland has helped to centre showcasing signed and unsigned acts foster and promote Scotland's unique musical every Friday and Saturday night. traditions. It is a membership organisation and www.facebook.com/thetoothandclawinverness/ members include music enthusiasts, amateur and professional performers, tutors, and 19 OCTOBER academics. Encouraging both widespread popular participation and individual artistic FÉLIX RABIN :: At The Tooth and Claw, 50 excellence, the TMSA branches work on a local Baron Taylor Street, Inverness. IV1 1QG. 2pm. level to provide opportunities for universal The Tooth and Claw is an adventurously participation by running festivals, ceilidhs, independent rock bar and alternative venue in concerts, workshops and competitions. the centre of Inverness city centre showcasing www.tmsa.org.uk signed and unsigned acts every Friday and Saturday night. 28 NOVEMBER www.facebook.com/thetoothandclawinverness/ 24 NOVEMBER
THE TWANG supporting SHED SEVEN :: At Music Hall, Aberdeen. The Twang have spent over a decade defying expectation. From their beginnings in their Birmingham home town, vocalist Phil Etheridge, bassist Jon Watkin, guitarist Stu Hartland and drummer Ash Sheehan continue to wow audiences and win new fans with their electric live shows. The Twang now join Shed Seven as special guests on their extensive UK tour. www.facebook.com/thetwang 29 NOVEMBER DAVE ARCARI :: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. Slide guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt. blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues and have been showcased via ten internationally-acclaimed solo CD releases. "Dave plays like he got his skin turned inside out and pretty soon my skin was inside out too listening and it was all good. That boy bleeds for you – he a real down deep player and a soul man..." Seasick Steve. All dates @ www.facebook.com/davearcarimusic
JAMES MACKENZIE :: At The Tooth and Claw, 50 Baron Taylor Street, Inverness. IV1 1QG. 8pm. The Tooth and Claw is an adventurously independent rock bar and alternative venue in the centre of Inverness city centre showcasing signed and unsigned acts every Friday and Saturday night. www.facebook.com/thetoothandclawinverness/ 25 OCTOBER BITTERWOOD :: At The Tooth and Claw, 50 Baron Taylor Street, Inverness. IV1 1QG. 8pm. The Tooth and Claw is an adventurously independent rock bar and alternative venue in the centre of Inverness city centre showcasing signed and unsigned acts every Friday and Saturday night. www.facebook.com/thetoothandclawinverness/ 26 OCTOBER
the centre of Inverness city centre showcasing signed and unsigned acts every Friday and Saturday night. www.facebook.com/thetoothandclawinverness/ 28 OCTOBER THE MEN THAT WILL NOT BE BLAMED FOR NOTHING :: At The Tooth and Claw, 50 Baron Taylor Street, Inverness. IV1 1QG. 7.30pm. The Tooth and Claw is an adventurously independent rock bar and alternative venue in the centre of Inverness city centre showcasing signed and unsigned acts every Friday and Saturday night. www.facebook.com/thetoothandclawinverness/ 1 NOVEMBER EMME WOODS :: At The Tooth and Claw, 50 Baron Taylor Street, Inverness. IV1 1QG. 7.30pm. The Tooth and Claw is an adventurously independent rock bar and alternative venue in the centre of Inverness city centre showcasing signed and unsigned acts every Friday and Saturday night. www.facebook.com/thetoothandclawinverness/ 2 NOVEMBER INDIGO VELVET :: At The Tooth and Claw, 50 Baron Taylor Street, Inverness. IV1 1QG. 8pm. The Tooth and Claw is an adventurously independent rock bar and alternative venue in the centre of Inverness city centre showcasing signed and unsigned acts every Friday and Saturday night. www.facebook.com/thetoothandclawinverness/ 15 NOVEMBER ANGUS MUNRO :: At Tooth and Claw, Inverness. Ahead of the release of “Eqaliza”, the third single release from his debut deluxe vinyl EP “Mirror Man”, the Scottish chamber pop-star Angus Munro will bring his unique, four octave vocals to the Tooth and Claw in Inverness. “This is therapy rock!” wrote Gavin Docherty in the Scottish Daily Express. He was reviewing the track Equaliza on Angus Munro’s debut EP “Mirror Man”, now the third single release by the Scottish based chamber pop-star. Gavin adds “but a haunting ballad about Citalopram - one of the most prescribed uppers in the United States with more than 26 million prescriptions - has got to be a first.” “The singer-songwriter is Angus Munro, 31, a breaking indie balladeer …”. Tickets @ http://bit.ly/2oSvNca. www.angusmunromusic.com 16 NOVEMBER THE SEA ATLAS :: At The Tooth and Claw, 50 Baron Taylor Street, Inverness. IV1 1QG. 8pm. The Tooth and Claw is an adventurously independent rock bar and alternative venue in the centre of Inverness city centre showcasing signed and unsigned acts every Friday and Saturday night. www.facebook.com/thetoothandclawinverness/
THE PARTY SLOGAN :: At The Tooth and Claw, 18 DECEMBER 50 Baron Taylor Street, Inverness. IV1 1QG. 8pm. The Tooth and Claw is an adventurously PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS independent rock bar and alternative venue in
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Dumfries Music Conference Programme Dumfries Music Conference (DMC) is set to return to the town on 17-19 October. The seventh annual conference features a mix of film, discussion, live music, art and workshops. DMC is proud to present its most ambitious programme to date, featuring national and internationally renowned musicians, innovative live events and radical venue takeovers across four venues. It includes Scottish Album of the Year Award winner, Kathryn Joseph, who plays The Brigend Theatre on Friday 18 October. DMC has established a strong network of partners and friends from organisations that span the music industry in Scotland and beyond, which is reflected in this year’s programme.
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panels and workshops on Saturday with a wide range of experts working in the music industry across Scotland, including Help Musicians, the Scottish Music Industry Association, Scottish Women Inventing Music and insight and information on marketing and promotion, Scottish Festivals, the SAY Award and self-care in the world of the music industry.
DMC Sessions will fill the Stove Café on the afternoons of Friday 18 and Saturday 19 with live music from an array of regional musical acts. Also on Friday, Glasgow-based music publishers, 23rd Precinct, host a Songwriting Masterclass with professional songwriters and musicians Scarlett Randle, Lee McGilvray (Flew Saturday evening will culminate in the DMC the Arrow) and Mark McGowan in The Stove’s 2019 Showcase gig in association with The Room 2. On Thursday 17 October, DMC hosts screening Plaza – a new roving music venue concept, Friday evening will see one of Scotland’s most of ‘Beats’ at the Robert Burns Centre, a which encourages people to take over unusual talked about and celebrated musical artists, Scottish coming-of-age drama set during the spaces and fill them with music, art and Kathryn Joseph, arrive for her first headline summer of 1994 as two friends encounter performance. This year DMC is delighted to show in Dumfries & Galloway with a special illegal parties and rave culture for the first feature The Lutras, Quiche, Megan Airlie time. Shot entirely in black and white, the film performance at the unique and intimate and Prussia Snailham, performing live at is directed by Black Mirror director Brian Welsh Brigend Theatre, with support from Zoë Bestel. Soul Soup on Irish Street. and features a killer soundtrack from Keith Saturday 19th includes an exciting Musicians For more details, event times and tickets, visit McIvor (JD Twitch of Optimo). Market come to The Oven on Dumfries High the DMC Facebook page for more details @ The evening then moves to The Stove Network Street, with a record fair, local DJs and info www.facebook.com/DumfriesMusicConference stalls from some of Scottish music industry’s where a collective of Dumfries and Galloway www.dumfriesmusic.co.uk key organisations. and Cumbria based MCs and DJs will battle www.twitter.com/DMC_Dumfries between the borders in ‘South/West/Sound/ DMC also hosts a jam-packed schedule of www.instagram.com/dumfries_music/ Clash’. Expect bar spitting, beat thumping, Co-Founder of DMC, Michael Nicholson, commented: “This year’s conference programme has shaped up to be what I think is the most rounded and possibly the most engaging to date. Most of our sessions and events are free to attend, so we encourage everybody to take advantage and get involved. You’ll be very welcome.”
SONGBOOK on Tour :: At Eden Court Theatre, Inverness. 7.30pm. Phil will be joined by regular collaborators Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson, John McCusker, Kris Drever, Ian Carr, Kevin McGuire and the Songbook Brass Ensemble to lead you through a great fun night of festive music. www.facebook.com/philschristmassongbook
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our time. Catfish's innovative style of footstomping, deep delta blues and American roots carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com music has spellbound audiences all over the world. He has reinvented the guitar with great Isle of Bute …. power and artistry, and brings a rare beauty and Transclyde Music is a group of like minded vitality to his music. A three-time Blues Music people on the Isle of Bute whose aims are to award nominee for 'Best Acoustic Blues Album', promote live music on the island. For their latest both Catfish's Honey Hole and Mississippi River gig news go to …. Blues albums were considered for three Grammy www.facebook.com/Transclydemusic nominations. Catfish has 17 chart-topping albums to his credit, and packs houses all over 19 OCTOBER the world with his dynamic stage shows. A 2008 inductee into the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame, the Transclyde Music presents ..... CATFISH 40 year veteran has performed thousands of KEITH :: At Craigmore Bowling Club. £10. gigs, toured the USA, UK and Europe, headlined 7.15pm. World-touring acoustic blues pioneer major music festivals, and appeared with Catfish Keith has established himself as one of legends John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, Robert the most exciting country blues performers of
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carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 17-19 OCTOBER Dumfries Music Conference (DMC) :: At various venues. Dumfries Music Conference (DMC) is set to return to the town on 17-19 October. The seventh annual conference features a mix of film, discussion, live music, art and workshops. DMC is proud to present its most ambitious programme to date, featuring national and internationally renowned musicians, innovative live events and radical venue takeovers across four venues. It includes Scottish Album of the Year Award winner, Kathryn Joseph, who plays The Brigend Theatre on Friday 18 October. DMC has established a strong network of partners and friends from organisations that span the music industry in Scotland and beyond, which is reflected in this year’s programme. www.facebook.com/DumfriesMusicConference 15 NOVEMBER
of 2017’s acclaimed ‘Swimming in Mercury’ album. This new album finds Boo focused on the art of reduction, consumed by fine details and found sound, songs where the fragility and beauty of life are laid bear with a stark emotive honesty. Catch Boo live in Dundee, Stonehaven, Irvine and Edinburgh this autumn. Tickets @ www.boohewerdine.net
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LUCY SPRAGGAN :: At MacArts, Bridge Street, Galashiels. TD1 1SP. 7.30pm / £18. It’s been seven years since Spraggan appeared on the X Brookfield Knights presents ..... NATHAN Factor in 2012 and she’s live at MacArts with a BELL : At The Grapes, Stranraer. Hot Cincinnati new album. Today Was a Good Day marks a new 4-piece, The Tillers have been thumping their chapter for Spraggan musically. She signed a own distinctive sound of string band style folk new record and publishing deal with Cooking music for a decade, riding it all over the country Vinyl in 2018. The new album, produced by Jon and across the sea. Four studio albums and one Maquire, showcases Spraggan’s voice in the live record have won them praise as modern folk structure of the songs. Overall she sounds at her storytellers of the national soundscape. most confident and accomplished, and ready to Invigorating as it gets, they count many of their build on her 50 million views on YouTube and 25 peers as fans. For instance, Iris Dement says: “I million streams on Spotify. Hurry Up And Get could sit and listen to them all night long!” Your Tickets!!!! www.brookfield-knights.com www.facebook.com/MacArtsCentre/ 17 NOVEMBER
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THE TWANG supporting SHED SEVEN :: At Sands Centre, Carlisle. The Twang have spent over a decade defying expectation. From their beginnings in their Birmingham home town, vocalist Phil Etheridge, bassist Jon Watkin, guitarist Stu Hartland and drummer Ash Sheehan continue to wow audiences and win new fans with their electric live shows. The Twang now join Shed Seven as special guests on their extensive UK tour. www.facebook.com/thetwang
DRENCHED + GECKOHEAD + DYLAN PATERSON + THREE OUT OF FOUR in an awareness concert for 'Health in Mind' :: At Tait Hall, Kelso. 7pm. In aid of mental health charity Health in Mind - tickets are free with donations to the charity very welcome - seats must be booked. More info + tickets @ leonardharpergow@aol.com
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11 DECEMBER THE TWANG supporting SHED SEVEN :: At O2 Academy, Newcastle. The Twang have spent over a decade defying expectation. From their beginnings in their Birmingham home town, vocalist Phil Etheridge, bassist Jon Watkin, guitarist Stu Hartland and drummer Ash Sheehan continue to wow audiences and win new fans with their electric live shows. The Twang now join Shed Seven as special guests on their extensive UK tour. www.facebook.com/thetwang 14 DECEMBER ELEPHANT SESSIONS :: At MacArts, Bridge Street, Galashiels. TD1 1SP. www.facebook.com/MacArtsCentre/
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trum of genres including opera, cabaret, lieder, folk, spoken word, choral, a cappella, early music, new music and more… The festival runs during the day and night and includes family conRoyal National Mod certs, opportunities to sing-along and get inGlasgow volved, as well as free events to enjoy while re10-19 October laxing with a drink. Come along and discover something new! ‘St Andrews [Voices] is one of Glasgow’s George Square will play host to a sen- the few festivals anywhere to focus entirely on the voice in all its glory… an extraordinary festisational party featuring names from across the Scottish Gaelic music scene to mark the opening val… the variety is tremendous.’ BBC Radio 3 of the Royal National Mod – and everyone’s invited! Scots Trad-rock band Mànran will headline www.standrewsvoices.com the free opening ceremony concert on Friday, 11 October, with Scotland’s 33-strong Gaelic Eurovision choir Alba as well as some of Scotland’s top pipers, highland and contemporary dancers, Biggar Traditional singers and a beat boxer also per17-27 October forming across the evening. Mid-October in Biggar means two weeks of arts www.modghlaschu2019.com highlighting the very best of our local cultural activity together with top class entertainment and artistry from across the country. We want to see Spree Festival local talent flourish in an atmosphere designed Paisley to give it a showcase. Biggar Little Festival sets 11-19 October out to work with the arts and crafts communities around the town to advance the arts by: :: deGlasvegas, Hue and Cry, The Snuts, Gruff Rhys, veloping Biggar and its surrounds as a commuKarine Polwart, Jerry Sadowitz, PP Arnold and nity where the arts are encouraged and proHayseed Dixie are just some of the top acts moted :: encouraging links between local arts coming to town for the fast-growing Spree festi- groups, artistic understanding and participaval, which is now into its eighth year. The bulk of tion :: promoting exhibitions and performthe action at The Spree 2019 will take place in ances :: developing opportunities for local, nathe specially-erected Salon Perdu Spiegeltent in tional and international artists to demonstrate Paisley’s County Square – with a bigger tent their talents in Biggar and its surrounds than in previous years allowing for more people to enjoy the performances. www.biggar-little-festival.com
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Tenement Trail Glasgow 12-13 October
Tenement Trail Festival will move to the East End of Glasgow in 2019! We are delighted at this news, as we breathe fresh energy into #TT19, taking over some of the most iconic and exciting live music venues in the country including Barrowland Ballroom, Saint Luke's & The Winged Ox, BAaD with more to be announced. Stay tuned for headliner announcement coming soon. Early Bird Tickets are on sale now! www.facebook.com/tenementtrail/
Gallus :: The Scottish Jazz Weekend Edinburgh 17-20 October
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Inverness 15-16 November The second annual Monsterfest music event will be staged in Inverness with the help of new main sponsor Loch Ness Water. Monsterfest launched in 2018 with a mix of established, classic and new rock bands and is returning by popular demand as the only rock festival in this format in the north of Scotland. www.monsterfest.rocks
Scots Fiddle Festival Edinburgh 15-17 November
One of Scotland's biggest traditional music festivals, promoting & sustaining traditional fiddle music since 1996. A weekend packed full of great music! Concerts, ceilidhs, recitals, workshops, talks, open stage, festival clubs, sessions, stalls, come and trys, seminars and lots more! www.scotsfiddlefestival.com
SEALL Festival of Small Halls Isle of Skye 22-30 November
The Festival of Small Halls on the Isle of Skye brings music to ten remote village halls around Denholm the Island and Lochalsh. The SEALL Festival of Small Halls runs for eight days and includes con31 October - 1 November certs, cèilidhs and public and music workshops in Folk fused with rock and country gives the 16th halls and schools by some of the nation’s finest Denholm Folk Music Festival an added twist. This traditional musicians. folk fusion festival in the Scottish countryside is www.seall.co.uk/small-halls a small and cozy affair not far across the Scottish border which has always managed to attract quality headline acts to compliment the workEdinburgh’s Hogmanay shops and open mic sessions. Free sessions all Edinburgh weekend in the Auld Cross Keys, The Fox and 31 December Hounds & Festival Club only. Sessions, licensed bar and meals available all weekend in the FestiSee in the New Year at the world’s best street val Club, Lesser Hall. party as Edinburgh invites the world to share the love, embrace friends – old and new – and celewww.denholmfolkfest.co.uk brate the New Year in the home of Hogmanay. Get 2020 ready now - take advantage of our Early Bird discount with tickets for £20.00 + £1.00 booking (limited availability). Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is the UK’s (if not the world’s) leading Perthshire Amber New Year Festival lasting 3 days in Scotland’s stunning capital city drawing an estimated The Dougie MacLean Festival 150,000 people from Scotland and around the Perthshire world.
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Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival has announced it is delighted to continue its support for the burgeoning young Scottish jazz scene by presenting 1-3 November a weekend of Scottish Jazz: “Gallus". Offering a www.edinburghshogmanay.com snapshot of the state of jazz in Scotland though The Perthshire Amber Festival brings together the lens of guest programmer: Fergus many musicians and entertainers from different McCreadie. parts of the world who have been involved with Dougie MacLean over the years. This unique feswww.edinburghjazzfestival.com tival shares Dougie’s inspiring music, celebrates the history and culture of Perthshire in the heart St Andrew’s Voices of Scotland and showcases the beautiful scenery. It’s a vibrant, welcoming festival with music at St Andrews its core in beautiful autumnal Perthshire. The @ 17-20 October Festival Hub is Amber Central (The Royal Hotel, http://bit.ly/mns-festivals-sep19-10 Dunkeld). With concerts from castle to concert Set in the beautiful town of St Andrews, each hall plus Cabaret Amber, Open Mic + acoustic October we present a varied programme of sessions. Contact 01350 724261 for latest or events showcasing the versatility and beauty of email admin@butterstone.com the human voice in an amazingly broad spec-
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